Sesame seed — Yield in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Sesame seed — Yield was 797.9 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sesame seed — Yield in Sri Lanka, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sesame seed — yield in Sri Lanka is 797.9 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 3.1% on the previous year and down 18.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — yield in Sri Lanka peaked at 1,084 kg/ha in 1970 and was at its lowest, 388.6 kg/ha, in 1979.
Sri Lanka ranks 31st of 72 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sesame seed — Yield in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 505.2 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 490 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1963 | 430.7 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 1964 | 478.3 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1965 | 444.5 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1966 | 468.3 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1967 | 562.7 kg/ha | +20.2% |
| 1968 | 531.7 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1969 | 537.9 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1970 | 1,084 kg/ha | +101.6% |
| 1971 | 900 kg/ha | -17.0% |
| 1972 | 499 kg/ha | -44.6% |
| 1973 | 515.4 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1974 | 418.5 kg/ha | -18.8% |
| 1975 | 396.7 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1976 | 444.8 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 1977 | 470.6 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1978 | 435.5 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1979 | 388.6 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 1980 | 428.7 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1981 | 396.1 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 1982 | 418.2 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1983 | 604.8 kg/ha | +44.6% |
| 1984 | 534.7 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 1985 | 586.6 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1986 | 586.1 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1987 | 489.7 kg/ha | -16.4% |
| 1988 | 533.4 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1989 | 550.9 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1990 | 515.5 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1991 | 567.8 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1992 | 390 kg/ha | -31.3% |
| 1993 | 523.5 kg/ha | +34.2% |
| 1994 | 510.9 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1995 | 500 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1996 | 504.4 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1997 | 564.6 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 1998 | 552.8 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1999 | 552.7 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2000 | 592.8 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 2001 | 615.5 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2002 | 618.5 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 623.2 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 622.3 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 638.3 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2006 | 639.2 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 680.3 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2008 | 666.7 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2009 | 784 kg/ha | +17.6% |
| 2010 | 921.7 kg/ha | +17.6% |
| 2011 | 786.9 kg/ha | -14.6% |
| 2012 | 803.3 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2013 | 830.3 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2014 | 972.6 kg/ha | +17.1% |
| 2015 | 750 kg/ha | -22.9% |
| 2016 | 883.9 kg/ha | +17.9% |
| 2017 | 855.4 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2018 | 723.4 kg/ha | -15.4% |
| 2019 | 1,008 kg/ha | +39.4% |
| 2020 | 705.6 kg/ha | -30.0% |
| 2021 | 696.5 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2022 | 630.6 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 2023 | 823.5 kg/ha | +30.6% |
| 2024 | 797.9 kg/ha | -3.1% |
Sri Lanka compared with similar countries
- Sri Lanka's 797.9 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 804.7 kg/ha, 99% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sesame seed — Yield in Sri Lanka changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | +101.6% | 537.9 kg/ha | 1,084 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 494.37 kg/ha | 430.7 kg/ha | 562.7 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 555.34 kg/ha | 388.6 kg/ha | 1,084 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 512.92 kg/ha | 396.1 kg/ha | 604.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 518.22 kg/ha | 390 kg/ha | 567.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 648.08 kg/ha | 592.8 kg/ha | 784 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 853.58 kg/ha | 723.4 kg/ha | 1,008 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 730.82 kg/ha | 630.6 kg/ha | 823.5 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
More agriculture & rural data for Sri Lanka
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 9.1 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0836 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 418.3 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.9172 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7955 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — yield in Sri Lanka?
- Sesame seed — yield in Sri Lanka was 797.9 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — yield recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 1,084 kg/ha in 1970.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — yield recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 388.6 kg/ha in 1979.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for sesame seed — yield?
- Sri Lanka ranks 31st out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — yield rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sri Lanka data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sesame seed — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.